Garment presser and creaser



. 1,629,230 M y 17 1927' v. A. STEVENS GARMENT PRESSER AND CREASER Filed Sept. 30. 1926 -B TEVETLS.

gwuantoz Fatented ll/lay i7, 1??? VIRGIL ARIEL STEVENS, 9F GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

GARMENT ERESSER AND GBEASER.

Application filed September 30, 1926. Serial No. 138,798,

The present invention relates to devices primarily intended. for use in placing creases in trousers, or other garments, and which devices may also be employed for use in pressing the wrinkles from flat pieces of cloth materials such as shirts, neckties and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a combined garment presser and creaser which is of extremely light construction thus rendering the same portable ior use by persons when traveling, and which device may. be operated for placing creases in trouser legs without necessarily removing the trousers.

A further object of the invention is to proide an electrically heated garment presser embodying a moistening means whereby the material being creased will not become shiny during the creasing operation.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved garment creaser enabodying a pair of heated creasing rollers with moistening rollers for each creasing roller, and which rollers are adapted to support moistening belts which are brought into contact with the garment between the creasing rollers in a manner for preventing possible scorching of the garment and also preventing any possible rolling contact of the creasing rollers with the garment.

A still fur her object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this character which is extremely simple and durable in construction, and which may be effectively used for placing creases in trouser legs without the requiring of any great amount of skill.

Qt-her objects and advantages oi the invention will be apparent during the course of following detailed description, taken connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in whic 1 drawing:

1 is a view part in side elevation and part in section, and showing the inn proved device in position for applying of a to a garment.

r 2 is top plan view of device.

-.re 3 is a'sectional view one of 1 creasing; rollers taken on line ip nre 1. a

re 4 is asection-" l view t ough one is combm ring and ensioning and tawen on line d -4; of i In the drawing, similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

, Referring to the drawing in detail, the device embodies a pair of arms 5 and 6 preferably formed of relatively thin strips of metal, and which arms are pivotally connected at their intermediate portions by means of a suitable pivot pin 7. Formed integral with the rear end of the arm 5, is an offset handle portion 8 provided with a thumb grip 9, and formed integral with the rear end of the arm 6, is a handle portion 10 provided with a finger grip 11 which coacts with the thumb grip 9 in a manner whereby upon spreading of the grip portions 9 and 11, the forward free end of the arms 5 and 6 will also be moved away from one another.

Mounted upon the forward end of each of the arms 5 and 6, are creasing rollers 12 and 13 respectively. These rollers 12 and 1.3 are of identical construction and each embodies a mounting shaft is adapted to be mounted in right angular relation upon its respective mounting arn. Each 'of the mounting shafts 14 embodies a cylindrical body portion 15 having a reduced screw threaded shank portion 16 provided at its inner end for passing through an aperture 17 provided adjacent the forward end of its mounting arm.

Each of the creasing rollers 15 3 and 13 embodies a metallic tubular drum 18 having a rabbet or annular recess 19 provided on its inner surface at each end of the drum. Closingthe inner end of the drum"l8, is a disc like head 20 provided with an axially disposed hub portion 21 which is adapted to seat upon the shoulder formed by the res dnced shank portionifi. Closing; the enter and of drum i8, and seating in the annular recess at the outer end of the drum, is an outer closure head 22 provided with hub 23 for hearing" engagement with a shoulder provided. adiacent the outer end oi the cylindrical body portion 15. The outer end of body pcr'ion 15 is spread over the outer face of the head sees at 2d for rigidly mounting! the head against rotation. on the shaft. Threaded. upon the shank portion 16 at the enter "face the head 930, is a binding tent 9:5 which turned into engagement with the enter lface of the head, securely retains head 20 against rotation on its mounting shaft. Thus it will be seen that the heads 20 and 22 are rigidly mounted upon their respective shafts 14, and that the tubular drums l8 revolve about the heads.

Clamping nuts 26 are threaded upon the shank portions 16 for rigid mounting of the creasing rollers upon their respective arms 5 and 6, with the mounting shafts 14 of the rollers extending in parallel relation to one another.

Mounted within each of the creasing rollers 12 and 13, is a heating unit 30 embody ing a cylindrical mounting core 31 formed of a. suitable insulatingmaterial, and which core is suitably fixed upon the body portion of the shaft 14 with its ends spaced from the heads and 22. These cores 31 are of less diameter than the internal diameter of the drums l8, and are adapted to support spirally wound resistance wires 32 having their leads 33 extending through insulating bushings carried by the fixed inner head 20.

These leads 33 may be connected to a suitable extension wire provided with a plug for inserting in an electric lamp socket or other sultable electrical outlets. Upon passing a current through. the Wire 32, the same will become heated for heating of the tubular metallic drums 18.

Mounted at the rear end of each of the arms 5 and 6, is moistening roller 35 embodying a mounting shaft 36 for nonrotatable mounting of inner and router disc like heads 37 and 38 respectively. The inner end of the shaft 36 is provided with areduce screw threaded shank portion 39 for receiving a binding nut 40 which. serves for forcing the inner head 37 into tight engagement with o shoulder formed at the'juncture of the reduced threaded shank portion 39 with. the body portion of the shaft. The reduced portion 39 is adapted to extend through the inner ends of the arms and receive a clamping nut 41 for rigidly mounting of the shafts 36 in parallel relation to one another and with the aim oi the shafts 14 carried by the forward end of the arms 5 and 6. The outer end of each shaft- 36 is provided with r. reduced threaded portion 42 for receiving a not 43 whereby the outer head 38 is reinovably mounted uponthe outer end of the shaft.

Mounted for rotation about the heads 3? and 38, is a tubular drum 44 provided with it suitable number of perforations 1-5, the drurnelso heing provided at its ends with inwardly formed annular recesses 46 which form bearings for the drum, and Whioh also prevent longitudinal movement of the drum oil of the su iporting heads 37 and 38,.

These per orated drums l lare adopted to receive a, suitable ehsorbent material such us a sponge or s, ward of raw cotton 48, the absorhent materiel losing readily removable tra n the drum upon, r-emovingthe t3 outer 38., lit is preferred that noseeeo this absorbent moterial l8 remain stationary Within the moistcning drum, so that upon rotation of the drum 44:, the apertures due totheir sliding movement over the ab .Sorbent material, will take up n sutlicient amount of liquid from the material and direct the liquid to the outer surface of the drum. The absorbent material 48 is preterably soaked with water before being positioned within the moistening roller. 1 By observing Figure 1, it will be seen that the moistening rollers 35 are'of less external diameter than that of the heated creasing rollers '12 and 13, and the object of which will be subsequently brought out.

Trained over each of the creasing; rollers '12 and 13., and over their companion moistening' rollers 35, is an endless cloth belt 50 of a width'cqual to the length of the rollers. These cloth belts 50 serve as protecting belts -tor protecting thetrouser leg or other gar 35, will prevent possibility of the metallic drums of the crossing rollers from contacting. with the material being creased.

It may here be Well to state that in the use of the device for forming a crease in n trouser leg, the device is first moved in a; direction as indicated by the arrow in 1, end which general movement o the device will cause the coacting belt 50 to travel in adirection as indicated by the arrows. I

Rigidly carried bythe outer end of each of the creasing rollers 12 end 13., and also the moistening rollers 35, is o it-shaped guide the arms of which project inwardly for a slight distance in overlying spaced r lation to the circumferential face of the rollers, These guides 55 serve for retaining the belt 50 in position upon the rollers when the device is in its spread position, and in which spread position the belts become loose upon their rollers due to the fact that the rollers are brought closer together when the device in its spread position, he arms 5 end 6 will prevent the belt from of the inner sides of the rollers.

A suitable spring is disposed between the arms 5 and 6 forwardl or" their pivotal connection '2', for normally urging the rollers sliding oil neaaaso in advance of contacting of the grip portions 9 and 11, and which contacting of the opposite ends of the device will at all times retain the moistening rollers 35 in spaced apart relation.

In operation of the device, and with the arms 5 and 6 in their'nornial spread position by reason of the spring60, the leads 33 of the heating units 30, are connected with a suitable supply of electric current, for heating of the metallic drums 18. The operator then grasps the grips 9 and 11 and positions the device over the material with the fold of the material extending longitudinally of the device between'the creasing rollers 12 and 13 and also between the moistening rollers 35. The grips 9 and 11 may then be brought together in a similar manner to the closing of shears, and which operation will ti hten each of the moistening belts 50 and a so move the belts into engagement with oppositesidesof the material at a point between the creasing rollers 12 and 13. With the rollers 12 and 13 so clamped about the material, the device moved back and forth along the material until the crease is per ly formed at the fold of the material. During this back and forward movement of the device, the belts 50 are moistened by means of their respective moistening rollers 35,

and these moistened belts are moved between the creasing rollers and the material for suitably dampening the material and producing a sharp crease therein. It will be noted that when the device is moved along the material being creased, that no sliding movement of the belt over the material occurs, and thus eliminates any likelihood of the material becoming shiny during the creasing operation.

By having the moistening rollers 35 spaced from the material during the creasing operation, the moistened belts 50 will not contact with the material for further dampening the material after passage of the creasing rollers thereover. This would be apt to occur when the device is moved in a direction counter to that direction as indicated by the arrow in Figure 1.

When the device is used as a roller presser for pressing articles such as shirts, collars, ties and the like, merely one of the heated rollers and its companion moist-suing roller 'is employed, the device merely being rolled along the articles to be pressed. By observing Figure 1 it will be seen that either companion set of rollers may be used for pressing fiat articles, since the guides 55 and supporting arms for the rollers are disposed inwardly of the upper and lower edges of the device. a i

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that an improved and novel type of combined garment presser and creaser has been provided, embodying novel features of feet construction whereby a material being operand which is susceptible of being carried by 7 persons when travelling, for the performing of certain'pressing operations without necessarily sending the garments out to be pressed.

Various changes may be made to the speciiic form of the invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of'the invention or the scope of the following claims,

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of arms pivotallyconnectcd intermediate their ends, pressing rollers rotatably carried by the forward end of each arm, tensioning rollers rotatably car ried-by the rear end of each arm and extending parallel with the pressing rollers, endless belts trained over each pressing roller and the tensioning roller carried by the opposite arm from which the pressing roller is mounted, and means for moving the. belts, together with their supporting rollers, laterally toward and away from one another.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of arms pivotally connected intermediate "their ends, creasing rollers rotatably carried by the forward end of each arm, tensioning rollers of less diameter than said creasing rollers, carried by the rear end of each arm and extending parallel with the creasing rollers, endless belts trained over each creasing roller and the tensioning roller carried by the opposite arm from which the creasing roller is mounted, and means for moving the belts, together with their supporting rollers, laterally toward and away from one another, comprising handle portions carried by the rear end of each arm and provided with grip portions, said creasing rollers and grip portions contacting when the device is in its closed position for retaining the. tensioning rollers in spaced apart relation,

3. In a device of the class described, the combinationof a pair of arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends, creasing rollers rotatably carried by the forward end of each arm, heating means for said rollers,

.tensioning rollers rotatably carried by the rear end of each arm and extending parallel.

with the creasing rollers, moistening means carried by said tensioning rollers, endless belts trained over each creasing roller and lllll ed, said belts being; moistened in their movement about the .tensioning rollers, and means "for moving the rollers toward and away from one another.

4. In a device of the class described, the

combination of'a pair of arms pivotally conment about the moistening rollers, and means for moving the creasing and the moistening rollers toward and away from one another.

5. In a device oi the class described, the combination of a pair of arms pivot-ally connected intermediate their ends, creasing rollers rotatably carried by the forward end of each arm, heating units mounted in each of said rollers, erforated moistening rollers rotatably carried by the rear end of each arm and extending parallel with the creasing rollers, moistening material disposed in each of said moistening rollers, endless belts trained over each creasing roller and the moistening roller carried by the opposite arm from which the creasing roller is mounted, and means for moving the creasing rollers and the moistening rollers toward and away from one another with the belts at the creasing rollers movable into engagement with one another.

6. In a garment creaser, the combination of a pair of arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends, shafts rigidly carried by the forward end of each arm and extending in parallel relation to one another, spaced heads rigidly mounted on each shaft, heating units monnted on each shalt between said heads, tubular drums rotatably mounted on said heads, and encircling said heatin units, moistening rollers rotatably earrie drums rotatably carried by the forward end of each arm, means for heating said drums,

moistening drums rotatably carried by the rear end of each arm and extending parallel with the creasing drums, endless cloth belts trained over each creasing drum and the moistening drum carried by the opposite arm from which the creasing drum is mounted, guides mounted at the outer end of each drum for preventing movement of the belt oil the drums, and means for moving the creasing drums and the moistening drums toward and away from one another.

8. In a garment creaser, the combination with a pair of arms pivotally connected in termediate their ends, and rotatable creasing members carried by the forward end of each arm and each provided with a heating element, of moistening means for the creasers comprising perforated moistening drums rotatably carried by the rear end of each arm and extending parallel with the creasing members, a packing of absorbent material removably disposed in each of said perforated moi tening drums, endless belts trained over each creasing member and the moistening drum carried b arm from which the creasing member is mounted, and means for moving the creasing members and the moistening drums toward and away from one another, said means serving to prevent contacting of the moistening drums when those portions of the endless belts are moved into contacting engagement between the creasing members.

VIRGIL ARIEL STEVENS.

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